2006-2010 Diversity Plan Strategies
STUDENT ACCESS AND SUCCESS
Objective 1: Support the Enrollment of a Diverse Student Body
Strategy: The Master’s in Nursing: Direct Entry as a Second Degree (MIDAS)
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Academic Affairs
College of Social
Nursing
Susan Schmidt, Nursing Chair and
Sciences
Professor
Description: The program provides a career ladder to master’s level nursing (MSN) as a second degree to
individuals who have an undergraduate degree in some field other than nursing, with a goal of increasing
“diversity in nursing through the identification, recruitment, enrollment, education, and graduation of minority
and disadvantaged individuals.”
Strategy: Virtual Community Website for Students of Diversity
Division/s:
Information Resources &
Academic Affairs
Description:
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Web Resources;
Admissions
Responsible Party/ies:
Doug Ruschman, Maureen Mathis
and Marianne Borgmann
This program will strengthen the recruitment efforts for a diverse student body through a strategy of online
community building. A suite of web resources similar to those utilized on the Road to Xavier portal will be
featured for students of various diverse backgrounds. The goal is to attract and matriculate more and
academically stronger students of diverse backgrounds through virtual community building as part of the
recruitment and commitment processes.
Objective 2: Support the Retention and Success of a Diverse Student Body
Strategy: Academic Performance Coaching Program for Students with Disabilities
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Student Development
N/A
Learning Assistance Center
Dr. Ann Dinan
Description: Coaching program intended to maintain or exceed achievement of students with disabilities
commensurate with their non-disabled peers and retain these students at a similar or higher rate than that of their
non-disabled peers.
Strategy: Department of School and Community Counseling (Graduate) Mentoring Program
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Academic Affairs
College of Social
Counseling Program
Lon Kriner, Chair and
Rhonda Norman
Sciences
Description: The program provides African American students career development and role modeling mentoring by
African American alumni, in order to provide them with new skills and exposure to the counseling profession. The goal of
the program is both to recruit African Americans to the program as well as to retain them once enrolled.
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Strategy: Enhancement of the Ernest Just Society
Responsible Party/ies:
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Paul James, Waltke Paulding, and
Academic Affairs &
College of Arts & Office of Multicultural Affairs,
Dorothy Engle
Student Development
Sciences
Academic Advising, Student
Support Services, Residence Life,
and the Chemistry, Biology, and
Physics Departments
Description: The program aims to enhance study skills and academic achievement for African American students by
encouraging them to engage in weekly faculty and peer-led collaborative learning sessions, more frequent interaction with
faculty members and science professionals outside of class, and specialized advising
Strategy: Clare Boothe Luce Grant
Responsible Party/ies:
Departments:
College/s:
Janice Walker
College of Arts College of Arts and Sciences
Dean’s Office
and Sciences
Description: This is a three-year grant that funds full scholarships for women in the sciences (math, physics, computer
science or chemistry). Two were funded in 2005-2006, four for 2006-2007, and two for 07-08. Scholarships are based on
academics, not need, and cover tuition, room, board, and books.
Division/s:
Academic Affairs
Strategy: Cinergy Scholars
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Academic Affairs
Williams
Williams College of Business
Ali Maleksadeh; Mary Kochlefl
University Relations
College of
Dean’s Office, Office of Grants
Business
Services
Description: The University received a grant in 2006 to support two $10,000 scholarships for minority/female students in
business, renewable for up to three additional years. First two recipients received award for 06-07 academic year.
Strategy: Xavier University/Summer Work Experience in Law (SWEL) Partnership
Division/s:
Student Development
& Academic Affairs
College/s:
College of Arts
and Sciences &
College of Social
Sciences
Departments:
TBD
Responsible Party/ies:
Sarah Kelly, Neil Heighberger, and
Janice Walker
Description: SWEL, a legal pipeline program for underrepresented high school and college students, will partner
with Xavier University to enhance opportunities for exposure to information about the legal profession, LSAT
preparation, financial planning for law school, and pre-professional networking.
Strategy: XU/ National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
(NOBCChE) Partnership
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Academic Affairs
College of Arts & Chemistry, Physics and Biology
Dan McLoughlin and Sheila Haynes
Sciences
Departments
Description: The University has partnered with the Midwest Region of NOBCChE to start a campus chapter in an effort to
provide professional role modeling and career exposure to African American science students.
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Strategy: Student Achievement in Research and Scholarship (STARS) Grant
Division/s:
Academic Affairs
College/s:
TBD
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Janice Walker and …..
Description: The University has written a grant to the Ohio Board of Regents for a grant to support high achieving
underrepresented minority students in faculty guided research experiences to prepare them for graduate school and
ultimately, for the professoriate. The grant provides stipends and travel funds for attendance at the annual statewide
STARS Conference.
Strategy: IR Career Discovery and Mentoring Program for Students with Disabilities
Division/s:
Information Resources
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Office of the VP; Various departments
within IR as indicated.
Responsible Party/ies:
David Dodd
Description:
Program to assist students with disabilities in the investigation of careers related to information technology and
information resources. In addition, selected individuals within IR will serve as mentors for students with
disabilities who pursue academic programs or intended careers related to information resources.
Strategy: NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Program
Division/s:
Student Development
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Responsible Party/ies:
Paul James
Description: The NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Program provides students of color pre-professional experience in the
student affairs area through readings, extended mentoring experiences in one or two offices, and a more broad-based
exposure across the division.
Strategy: Student-Athlete Mentoring Program
Division/s:
Administrative
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Athletics
Responsible Party/ies:
Kim Powers Hoyt, Director of
Student-Athlete Development/SWA
Description:
This program provides each incoming freshman student-athlete with an upperclassman mentor. The goal is to
provide a support system for freshman and the opportunity to connect with other student-athletes from similar
backgrounds as well as to learn from one another based on their diverse backgrounds.
CAMPUS CLIMATE AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS
Objective 3: Foster a Campus Climate that is Welcoming to All
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Strategy: Interlink Peer Mentoring Program
Division/s:
Student Development
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Office of International Student
Services, Office of Study Abroad,
Peace and Justice Programs
Responsible Party/ies:
Kathy Hammett
Description: Participants will learn about intercultural issues and will interact across nationality. Returning study
abroad students will have support for re-entry issues and new international students will experience a welcoming
campus climate.
Strategy: Revival of Safe Zone Program
College/s:
Division/s:
N/A
Student Development,
Academic Affairs, &
Mission & Ministry
Departments:
Residence Life, the Advocates
Program, the Diversity Office,
and Peace and Justice Programs
Responsible Party/ies:
Lisa Brown, Sarah Kelly and Patrick
Welage
Description: Xavier will revive and expand its Safe Zone Program to make visible its commitment to providing support
and understanding for all students without regard to sexual orientation. The program will offer training on the challenges
surrounding sexual orientation in higher education and distribute safe zone decals to the campus community to serve as
symbols of a welcoming and supportive climate.
Strategy: Promote the power of works of art in the interests of education to diversity
Division/s:
Mission & Ministry
Academics
College/s:
A&S
Departments:
Art
Responsible Party/ies:
Chair of the Department of Art
V.P. for Mission & Ministry
Description:
Build on the painting by Holly Schapker to educate students with works of art showing diversity of race,
nationality and religion.
Strategy: Cooperation between Campus Ministry and Hillel
Division/s:
Mission & Ministry
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Campus Ministry
Responsible Party/ies:
Director of Campus Ministry
Description:
Exploit the recently established XU chapter of Hillel to further active religious dialogue (the four forms of dialogue from
Peter Hans Kolvenbach address)
Objective 4: Foster Intercultural Respect, Communication, and Collaboration
Strategy: Xavier University Women’s Center
College/s:
Division/s:
N/A
President’s Office
(Interim)
Student Development
Departments:
Offices of the Associate Vice
President for Student
Development and Diversity
(interim)
Responsible Party/ies:
Sarah Kelly and Cheryl Nunez
(interim)
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Description: The Xavier University Women’s Center educates, provides resources, facilitates connections, and
advocates for equitable situations that will empower women to utilize their talents and efforts to the fullest extent
in ways that contribute to the fulfillment of the mission of Xavier University as well as to the creation of a
justice-based world. (Women’s Center Mission Statement)
Strategy: Advocates Lounge
College/s:
Division/s:
N/A
Academic Affairs and
Financial
Administration
Departments:
Campus Police and the Advocates
Program
Responsible Party/ies:
Mike Couch, Christine Anderson, and
Carolyn Jenkins
Description: In conjunction with its relocation to Flynn Hall, Campus Police dedicated an entire room as a lounge for
survivors of assault and harassment to meet with an Advocate. Every detail of the room, outfitted with a recliner and
couches, as well as a telephone, is designed to evoke feelings of comfort and security.
Strategy: Dialogue Program (Arrupe Dialogue Circles, Dialogues of Faith)
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Mission & Ministry &
College of Social
Peace & Justice Programs and
Patrick Welage & Cathy McDanielsAcademic Affairs
Sciences
Psychology
Wilson
Description: The Intergroup Dialogue Program will coordinate dialogues, facilitated by trained undergraduate peer
facilitators, to support student organization requests and to serve as a co-curricular supplement to credit-bearing courses.
Strategy: AFMIX Dialogues
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Mission & Ministry &
College of Social
Ignatian Programs and
Debra Mooney and
Academic Affairs
Cathy McDaniels Wilson
Sciences
Department of Psychology
Description: Embedded in the two-year AFMIX program, the participants will explore faith and justice tenets of
Xavier’s Catholic Jesuit mission and identity from the perspective of gender inequality and be challenged to
integrate that awareness in their work.
Strategy: Intercultural Programming Funding Board (IPFB)
Responsible Party/ies:
College/s:
Departments:
Division/s:
Sarah Kelly
Associate Vice President for
Student Development
Student Development
Description: The purpose of the Intercultural Programming Funding Board (IPFB) is to promote a healthy
campus climate for diversity by supporting programming and learning opportunities among student
organizations and individuals in ways that: facilitate student interaction across group identities based on
ethnicity, race, ability, faith, gender, class, culture, or sexual orientation.; and/or advance awareness and
understanding of issues of social justice or other multicultural themes.
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Strategy: Enhanced Diversity Offerings in Business Professions Program
Division/s:
Academic Affairs
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
College of
N/A
Cindy Stockwell
Business
Description: Additional workshops, panels and lectures geared toward diversity in the workplace will be added to the list
of electives required of all undergraduates in the College of Business.
Strategy: Annual Faces of the World Student Photography Competition
Responsible Party/ies:
College/s:
Departments:
Division/s:
Kathy Hammett and Greg Rust
Office of International Student
Student Development
Services and Marketing and
and University
Printing
Relations
Description: Annual photography competition will invite students to enter photographs depicting international
Images. The annual competition, to be inaugurated in (month), is intended to foster awareness of the Faces of the
World Lounge Gallery and awareness of and respect for cultures around the globe.
Strategy: Cross-Cultural Retreat Program
College/s:
Division/s:
N/A
Student Development
and Mission & Ministry
Departments:
Office of International Student
Service and Peace & Justice
Programs
Responsible Party/ies:
Kathy Hammett and Patrick Welage
Description: Participants will develop intercultural appreciation, communication skills, and friendships through
an extended opportunity for interaction.
Strategy: Faces of the World Virtual Gallery
Responsible Party/ies:
College/s:
Departments:
Division/s:
Greg Rust and Doug Ruschman
Marketing and Printing and Web
University Relations
Services
and Information
Resources
Description: A virtual exhibition of photographs from university photographer Greg Rust’s international travel will be
accompanied by music, audio and text in order to enhance awareness of international cultures.
Strategy: Sexual Assault Defense Training
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Academic Affairs,
N/A
Campus Police, Human
Ken Grossman, Connie Perme,
Financial
Resources, the Advocates
Christine Anderson, and Carolyn
Administration, and
Program, and the Women’s
Jenkins
Student Development
Center
Description: Annual two-hour training program for students, employees and alumnae on sexual assault defense.
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Strategy: Safe Dating Peer Educators Program
College/s:
Departments:
Division/s:
N/A
Campus Police, Human
Academic Affairs,
Resources, the Advocates
Financial
Program, and the Women’s
Administration, and
Center
Student Development
Responsible Party/ies:
Mike Couch, Connie Perme, Christine
Anderson, and Carolyn Jenkins
Description: Trained undergraduate peer educators will be available to make presentations in classes, at
orientations, and in the community, with the goal of promoting healthy, non-violent relationships.
Strategy: Muskies’ Network Advocates Program Segments
Division/s:
Financial
Administration,
Academic Affairs
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Campus Police, and the
Advocates Program
Responsible Party/ies:
Mike Couch, Christine Anderson, and
Carolyn Jenkins
Description:
Campus Police will join with representatives of the Advocates Program to promote awareness of the latter on the
campus television network.
Strategy: Further inter-religious dialogue as at least as important as other forms of diversity
Division/s:
Mission & Ministry
Academics
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Brueggeman Center
Office of Mission
Responsible Party/ies:
Director of Brueggeman Center
VP for Mission & Ministry
Description:
Using the recent Peter Hans Kolvenbach address regarding inter-faith dialogue, form an on-going strategy of this dialogue
both within and beyond university walls.
Strategy: Plan regular inter-faith prayer services
Division/s:
Mission & Ministry
Student Development
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Campus Ministry
Responsible Party/ies:
Director of Campus Ministry
Office of International Students
Description:
Building on the very successful prayer service on Academic Day (October 3, 2006) plan regular such services.
EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP
Objective 5: Support the Incorporation of Diversity and Inclusion Across the
Curriculum
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Strategy: Multicultural Fluency Institute
Division/s:
College/s:
Academic Affairs
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Associate Vice President for
Kandi Stinson
Academic Affairs
Description: Annual faculty program resource for multicultural curriculum development
Strategy: Multicultural Fluency Institute Teaching and Learning Resources Guide
Division/s:
Academic Affairs
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Christine Anderson and Tyrone
Williams (or current Gender and
Diversity Studies Directors)
Description: The Gender and Diversity Studies Program will publish a new web page, linked to the Faculty Development
web site, with links to faculty reflections and syllabi that are revised as a consequence of participation in the Multicultural
Fluency Institute. They will also links to suggested readings from each Multicultural Fluency Institute. These resources are
intended to support other faculty in thinking about and implementing revisions to existing courses or designing new
courses that meet the requirements of the Gender & Diversity Studies minor.
Strategy: Intergroup Dialogue Course
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Academic Affairs
College of Social
Psychology Department
Cathy McDaniels Wilson &
Chris Dacey
Sciences
Description: Cathy McDaniels Wilson will introduce an experimental course in the spring of 2007 that will
prepare undergraduate and graduate students to facilitate inter-group dialogues.
Strategy: Revised HRES Curriculum
Division/s:
College/s:
Academic Affairs
Williams College
of Business
Departments:
Management and
Entrepreneurship
Responsible Party/ies:
Art Shriberg
Description:
The HRES course will be revised to offer students several experiential diversity options, including participation in an
intergroup dialogue.
Strategy: Homosexuality in the Bible Course
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Academic Affairs
College of Arts
Theology
and Sciences
Description:
Responsible Party/ies:
Holly Toensing
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INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Objective 6: Enhance the Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Faculty, Staff,
and Administrators
Strategy: Diversity Hiring Resource Guide
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Financial
N/A
Human Resources
Connie Perme, Kathy Riga
Administration
Description: The resource guide will identify for hiring managers and search committees a host of disciplinary and
professional associations, resume directories, and other strategies for reaching more diverse applicants.
Strategy: Actively expand the job applicant pool in pursuit of a broader base of potential employees
Responsible Party/ies: Gary Massa
Departments: ALL
Dan Cloran / Joe Ventura
Annual Fund/Alumni Relations
Pete Owendoff
University Relations
Development
Susan Abel
Internal Operations
Bob Hill
Marketing/Printing Services
Kelly Leon
Public Relations
Description: The Division of University Relations will, when a job opportunity becomes available, actively recruit and
identify a diverse applicant pool toward the above stated goal. This effort will require the identification of web services
and print media as well as established organizations from which to disseminate appropriate employment opportunities.
This will create new modes for disseminating diversity initiatives to internal and external constituents.
Division/s:
College/s:
Objective 7: Demonstrate Institutional Leadership for Community Equity and
Empowerment
Strategy: Intercommunity Dialogues
Division/s:
College/s:
Administrative,
College of Social
Academic Affairs
Sciences
Departments:
Community Building Institute and
Department of Psychology
Responsible Party/ies:
Liz Blume, Byron White, & Cathy
McDaniels Wilson
Description: Using Price Hill as the pilot, the University will meet with leaders and residents in the community to
engage in facilitated dialogues for the purpose of creating community in a racially changing neighborhood. A
series of forums with grassroots residents will explore issues around quality of life and community-building. At the
same time, there will be a series of discussions among community leaders at the Freedom Center to challenge the
community leaders to become active advocates for expanded leadership roles for African-Americans,
Appalachians and Hispanics in the community and its institutions,. While each community’s solutions may differ,
the process of problem-solving through dialogue will be similar.
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Strategy: Spanish Language Instruction for Health Care Professionals
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Administrative
N/A
Consulting Group (Intercultural
Anne Golden
Institute)
Description: The training program offers a beginning Spanish course for pharmacists, pharmacy interns, and technicians
who regularly come in contact with Spanish-speaking customers.
Strategy: Addition of Responsibility for Underutilized Business Procurement Expertise in Purchasing Director Position
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Financial
N/A
Purchasing Department
Tom Cunningham
Administration
Description: In searching for a new Purchasing Director the university will seek a candidate with capabilities to
develop a program for underutilized business procurement in order to assist the University in enhancing its
relationships with minority and women-owned businesses.
Strategy: Project Search
Responsible Party/ies:
Departments:
College/s:
Division/s:
Lynda Simon
Vice President for Student
College of Social
Student Development,
Development, Special Education
Sciences
Academic Affairs
Description: A workforce development program designed for students with disabilities that involves total immersion in a
large organization such as Xavier University, where students learn new work and employability skills.
Strategy: Deliver programs to community residents designed to enhance the capability of foreign nationals and
expatriates to better live and work in the greater Cincinnati area
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Administrative
Xavier Consulting Group –
Anne Golden
Advanced Language and
Intercultural Training Programs
Description: Beginning Spanish for Pharmacists - An 18-hour course designed to provide pharmacists and pharmacy
technicians with fundamental Spanish language skills in order to build rapport and trust with Spanish speaking pharmacy
patients.
Description: Pronunciation & Accent Training – A 14 hour training course designed for professionals who have a
strong need or desire to improve the comprehensibility of their spoken English.
Strategy: Evanston-Norwood-Xavier Leadership Academy
Division/s:
Administrative
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Community Building
Collaborative@Xavier;
Community Building Institute
Responsible Party/ies:
Byron White
Description:
CBCX and CBI will work with leaders of the Evanston and Norwood communities to conduct an annual
Leadership Academy to train community leaders, along with Xavier managers, to successfully engage in
community building practices. The Academy will serve to build cross-cultural bridges among Evanston’s African
American communities and Norwood’s white and Hispanic communities. This relationship building includes the
annual “Evanswood Festival” event.
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Strategy: Department of Athletics Youth Day
Division/s:
Administrative
College/s:
N/A
Departments:
Athletics
Responsible Party/ies:
Marketing
Description: Athletics annually hosts a community Youth Day in connection with a Women’s Basketball game.
Last year, over 2,800 area school children attended the “Be Cool and Stay in School” program which featured a
variety of educational components, interactive and non-traditional learning activities.
Objective 8: Develop the Capacity of Our People for Diversity Leadership
Strategy: RA In-Service Training – Diversity Book Discussions
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Student Development
N/A
Residence Life
Lori Lambert, Lisa Brown
Description: During their weeklong in-service training each fall, RAs devote 3 sessions to a discussion of each of
6 books, chosen for their applicability to residence life scenarios, directly or indirectly addressing themes related
to diversity.
Strategy: RA Winter In-Service Training – Facilitated Diversity Dialogues
Departments:
College/s:
Division/s:
Residence Life & Department of
College of Social
Student Development
Psychology
Sciences
& Academic Affairs
Responsible Party/ies:
Lisa Brown, & Cathy McDaniels
Wilson
Description: For their two-day in-service training for resident assistants, in January, 2007, Residence Life will
pilot the use of facilitated dialogues to clarify perspectives and enhance understanding of key diversity concepts.
Strategy: Identifying, Addressing and Preventing Harassment: Introducing the New Harassment Accountability
Procedures.
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Financial
N/A
Human Resources & Dean of
Kathy Riga & Luther Smith
Administration &
Students
Student Development
Description:
Strategy: Faculty & Staff Diversity Reading Circles
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Information Resources, College of Social
Library, Human Resources,
Betty Porter, Connie Perme, Cathy
Academic Affairs, &
Sciences
Department of Psychology
McDaniels Wilson
Financial
Administration
Description: Lunchtime reading circle for faculty and staff using texts chosen in consultation with the Diversity
Office and GDST, which address diversity themes.
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Strategy: Design and deliver a program for all Xavier employees entitled: Building Collaboration in a Multi-Cultural
Workplace
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
Administrative
Xavier Consulting Group
Phil Jones
Description: Objectives of the Course: (1) Describe the Components of a Diversity Initiative (2) Update Participants on
Xavier’s Initiative (3) Provide an Overview of One Component: Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity
Efforts
Workshop Description: This interactive, fast-paced seminar clarifies what a diversity initiative is and is not; describes
how differences in people can be leveraged for organization success; and provides an overview of Affirmative Action and
Equal Employment Opportunity as one of the ongoing efforts to ensure Xavier recruits, develops and retains qualified
staff. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss real-world scenarios and share their ideas about enhancing Xavier’s
efforts to build collaborations in a diverse workplace.
Key Topics *Status of Xavier’s Ongoing Diversity Efforts * Components of Xavier’s Diversity Initiative * Difference
Between a Diversity Initiative and an Affirmative Action Plan * The Role of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment
Opport5unity Guidelines in Today’s Workplace * The relationship Between AA and EEO and Recruiting and
Performance Management * Overview of Current Protective Labor Laws and Compliance Steps
Strategy: To strongly encourage diversity education for all University Relations employees. Identify staff to serve on
appropriate university committees and increase the presence and influence of women leaders.
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
University Relations
N/A
Development
Gary Massa & Vickie Jones
Description: The Division of University Relations currently has two (2) staff members serving on the Diversity and Equity
Committee. The division will continue to seek appropriate leadership and training opportunities to meet this goal.
In addition the division will continue its efforts to identify strategies to increase the presence and influence of women
leaders, benefactors and active participants in the university community.
Objective 9: Institutionalize a Culture of Diversity Planning and Assessment
Strategy: Lumina Foundation Grant: Jesuit Network for Equitable Excellence in Higher Education
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
President’s Office
N/A
Diversity Office
Cheryl Nuñez
Description: Xavier is one of 14 Jesuit universities participating in a Lumina Foundation sponsored project to
strengthen the pre-college awareness, retention, achievement, and success of low income, first generation, and/or
ethnic minority students, by helping to develop a network of Jesuit institutions that pilots, assesses, and
disseminates best practices in the aforementioned areas. The grant period is from fall of 2006 through fall of
2009.
Strategy: Diversity and Equity Committee (DEC)
Departments:
College/s:
Division/s:
Diversity Office
N/A
President’s Office
Responsible Party/ies:
Cheryl Nuñez
Description: The Diversity and Equity Committee (DEC), previously the Diversity Advisory Committee, will
become a standing institutional committee, charged by the President with overseeing, supporting, and evaluating
implementation the Strategic Plan for Diversity, in conjunction with the Vice Provost for Diversity. It will also
serve as a sounding board for the campus community on matters of campus climate for the University. In that
capacity, it will regularly solicit information regarding the campus climate from various campus constituencies
and the campus as a whole. It will issue evaluations and recommendations for institutional improvement in its
annual report to the President.
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Strategy: President’s Diversity Awards
Division/s:
College/s:
President’s Office
N/A
Departments:
Diversity Office
Responsible Party/ies:
Cheryl Nuñez
Description: President’s Diversity Awards, to be allocated on a bi-annual basis, will help to institutionalize a
system of rewards for exemplary contributions to University diversity objectives. The award winners will
receive a cash award, named in their honor, to be used for Library materials that support their strategies.
Strategy: Diversity Office Web Page
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
President’s Office,
N/A
Diversity Office and Web
Cheryl Nuñez and Doug Ruschman
Information Resources
Services
Description: New web page consolidates an inventory of, links to, and information about institutional resources and
initiatives related to diversity, including assessment data, strategic diversity planning documents, and streaming video
segments from the Equity and Excellence Lecture Series.
Strategy: Institutional Diversity & Equity Advancement Awards (IDEA Grants)
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
President’s Office
N/A
Diversity Office
Responsible Party/ies:
Cheryl Nuñez
Description: The Diversity Advisory Committee will allocate one-time grants to support the implementation of strategic
diversity initiatives.
Strategy: Online Publication of Diversity Planning Framework, Guidelines, and Strategy Documents
Division/s:
College/s:
Departments:
Responsible Party/ies:
President’s Office
N/A
Diversity Office
Cheryl Nuñez
Description: The University will publish its strategic diversity planning documents as a means of educating the
campus community about Xavier’s diversity objectives, expectations of shared accountability for strategic
diversity planning, and campus-wide strategies that support the plan.
Strategy: Biennial Diversity Symposia
Division/s:
College/s:
President’s Office
N/A
Departments:
Diversity Office
Responsible Party/ies:
Cheryl Nuñez
Description: During the life of the Strategic Diversity Plan, the University will host two biennial symposia for
the dissemination and recognition of strategic diversity initiatives and presentations by campus and national
experts on the scholarships of diversity.
Strategy: Diversity Data File
Division/s:
College/s:
Information Resources
N/A
Departments:
Strategic Information Resources
Responsible Party/ies:
Dick Pulskamp
Description: The Director of Strategic Information Resources will organize and report institutional diversity
data in an easy to access link off the Diversity Office web site in order to support a culture of data-driven
diversity planning.
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